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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
India-U.S. CEO Forum held virtually; Forum chaired jointly by Shri Piyush Goyal and Ms. Gina Raimondo, US Secretary of Commerce
Forum continues to be an effective platform for dialogue across key sectoral themes
Commerce Minister highlights the significant growth of the India-U.S. economic relations at the Forum
Indo-US economic relations driven by the common interest of promoting sustainability, emerging technologies, globally resilient supply chains, and small businesses: Shri Piyush Goyal
The India-U.S. CEO Forum, chaired jointly by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles and Ms. Gina Raimondo, US Secretary of Commerce was held virtually today.
This is the sixth time the Forum has been convened since its reconstitution in December 2014 by the Governments of India and the USA. The Forum continues to be an effective platform for dialogue across key sectoral themes and to identify areas for closer collaboration for mutual benefit of both economies. Senior government functionaries, including Mr. Taranjit Sandhu, the Indian Ambassador to the US also participated in the meeting.
The CEO Forum, comprising of CEOs from leading Indian and US based companies, is co-chaired by Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons and Mr. James Taiclet, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin.
Shri Goyal highlighted the significant growth of the India-U.S. economic relations driven by the common interest of promoting sustainability, emerging technologies, globally resilient supply chains, and small businesses. He also reiterated the importance of such dialogues in leveraging this momentum. Secretary Raimondo thanked Shri Piyush Goyal, the co-Chairs and CEO forum members for their participation and insightful identification of common focus areas that will further bolster the bilateral partnership between the two nations.
CEOs from both sides commended the two governments for implementing transformative reforms and initiatives undertaken to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The CEOs, under the seven working groups, presented priority areas to create stronger partnerships and boost growth across various critical areas such as Entrepreneurship and Promoting Small Businesses, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace and Defence, ICT and Digital Infrastructure, Energy, Water and Environment, Infrastructure and Manufacturing, Financial Services, Trade and Investments, among others.
This dialogue will serve as the framework under which specific recommendations will be charted out during the sixth edition of the India-US CEO Forum, due to be held early next year.
PIB Headquarters
EXTENSION OF VALIDITY OF RAILWAY TIME TABLES
The validity of ‘Trains at a Glance, October, 2016’ and ‘South Zone Public Time Table, October, 2016’ has been extended up to 30th September, 2017. Accordingly, the new Time Table will be effective from 01st October, 2017 instead of 01st July, 2017
(Hence, all trains will run as per the schedule of the existing Time Table up to 30th September, 2017.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Pamphlets on Mobile related Security Awareness released
Over 10% of cybercrimes reported across the country are from Telangana- J V Raja Reddy
Vigilance Awareness Week for FY 2021-22 is being celebrated by Department of Telecommunications, APLSA  from 25th Oct 2021 to 1 Nov 2021. As part of celebrations, a pamphlet has been released by Shri. J V Raja Reddy, ITS, Dy Director General , APLSA, Dept of Telecom, Hyderabad on Mobile related Security for general Awareness and Safety of the public of Telangana & AP States.
Talking on the occasion Shri Raja Reddy said that in recent years, there has been a massive jump in the number of cases registered under Cyber Crime and Telangana contributed to over 10% of cybercrimes reported across the country. Almost 50 % of our population are using internet and we are number 2 in online business after china.
Shri G Gouri Sankar ITS, Dy Director General  has explained the importance of the awareness creation among the general public about Mobile related Security aspects as various financial frauds are on the rise now a days duping innocent public of their hard earned money.
The Awareness Pamphlet enumerates most commonly observed frauds such as OTP Frauds, KYC Frauds, QR Code Frauds, Smartphone Smishing, Mobile Tower Frauds, Fake Call Centre Frauds, Sextortion Crimes, Loan/Gift/Job Frauds etc., along with precautionary measures, complaint reporting mechanism and important Do's & Don'ts.
Shri G V Ramana Rao, ITS, DDG , has also graced the release event.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of Swami Shivamayanandaji Maharaj of Ramakrishna Math
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the demise of Swami Shivamayanandaji Maharaj of Ramakrishna Math.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Swami Shivamayanandaji Maharaj of the Ramakrishna Math was actively involved in a wide range of community service initiatives focused on social empowerment. His contributions to the worlds of culture and spirituality will always be remembered. Saddened by his demise. Om Shanti."
Special Service and Features
CSIR organises ATAL Tinkering Lab workshop for Kanyakumari District government school students
As part of the Atal Tinkering Lab Adoption and mentorship, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai  & CSIR Madras Complex  organized JIGYASA ATL Workshop at Govt. Hr. Sec. School-Vilavancode, Govt. Hr. Sec. School-Kalkulam, Govt. Hr. Sec. School-Rajakkamangalam, and Govt. Hr. Sec. School-Thiruvithancode during 28-30 August 2023.
Scientific lectures and hands-on sessions are conducted during the workshop.
Following are the scientists/scientific officers are delivered the Scientific lectures/Hands-on session during the workshop:
1) Dr. S. Maheswaran, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-SERC
2) Dr. A. Robert Sam, Senior Principal Scientist, CMC-CSIO
3) Dr. D. Kalpana, Senior Principal Scientist, CMC-CECRI
4) Shri. A.K. Farvaze Ahmed, Principal Scientist, CSIR-SERC
5) Dr. M. Saravanan, Senior Scientist, CSIR-SERC
6) Dr. J. Prawin, Senior Scientist, CSIR-SERC
7) Shri E. Ashokkumar, Scientist, CSIR-SERC
8) Shri R.D. Sathish Kumar, Principal Technical Officer, CSIR-SERC
More than 500 students and 30 teachers participated during the events.
Entire event has been coordinated by Dr. S. Maheswaran and Shri E. Ashokkumar.
Ministry of Defence
Army Persons to buy Personal Clothing
The Seventh Pay Commission has awarded monetary compensation to jawans for allowing purchase of personal clothing items of uniform to be purchased under arrangement to be made by the Army. An annual remuneration of Rs 10,000/- has been paid to all jawans in lieu of selected items of personal clothing. Accordingly, Army has made arrangements for purchase of quality cloth to be made available through CSD outlets and stitching to be carried out under unit arrangements or any other means that the individual jawans may wish to get their clothing stitched as per authorized specifications. This provision is applicable to Central Armed Police Forces as well. It is, therefore, incorrect and inappropriate to single out Army on this issue through inadequately researched articles in the media.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Central Warehouse Corporation should double its storage capacity by the end of 2023 and achieve a turnover of Rs.10,000 crore by FY 2024-25: Shri Piyush Goyal
CWC should build modern silos so that 100% stock of food grains could be stored for longer period: Shri Piyush Goyal
CWC directed to prepare Masterplan for upgradation of its all 423 central warehouses, having complete basic public/staff amenities and additional infrastructure to be developed by 2024-25
Safety Audit of all CWC warehouses needs to done
Shri Piyush Goyal today reviewed the Modernization and Asset Monetization plans of Central Warehouse Corporation
Union Minister of Food & Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs, Railways and Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal today reviewed the modernization plan of Central Warehouse Corporation.
While reviewing, the Minister Shri Goyal said that CWC should double its warehouse storage capacity by end of year 2023 and achieve a turnover of Rs 10000 crore by the Financial Year 2024-25. At present, CWC warehouse storage capacity is 125 LMT.
In review meeting, Shri Goyal said that the tariff rationalization and setting of warehouses should be done independently by CWC without any bureaucratic interference. He said that maximum powers of decision making for operations should be delegated to the CWC. He also asked CWC to focus on building of cold chain storage in the country on priority basis. Shri Goyal instructed CWC to do Safety Audit for fire, earthquakes burglary and accidents in its all warehouses regularly.
Further Shri Goyal said, CWC should build modern silos for wheat and rice storage all over the country, so that maximum grains could be stored in the country for longer periods.
Shri Goyal said CWC should build more cold chain facilities for storage Onion, Potato and Tomato in coordination with NAFED.
The Minister suggested that CWC should prepare a masterplan for upgradation of its all 423 warehouses. CWC should do the warehouse / storage gap analysis for agricultural produce and accordingly prepare plans with the help of Architects and experts.
The Minister further said that CWC should work in mission mode for taking care of all stakeholders i.e. staff, clients, workers, truck drivers.
He said all CWC warehouses must have modern and convenience facilities, like toilets for Male, Female workers, customers, drivers and divyangs, proper waiting rooms/restroom, worker-shed, drinking water facilities and other basic amenities with neat & clean ambience.
Special Service and Features
IIT Madras and Banaras Hindu University are the knowledge partners for ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’
Indian Institute of Technology Madras  along with Banaras Hindu University will serve as a knowledge partner for the ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’, an initiative of the Government of India, with an objective to bring to light the deep academic, economic, social and cultural relationships between Kashi, also known as Varanasi, and Tamil Nadu.
The Sangamam shall happen between 16th November 2022 and 20th December 2022. As part of this month-long program, it is planned to invite people from Tamil Nadu belonging to 12 different clusters, which include Art, Literature, Spirituality, and Education to Kashi as special guests. The guests shall travel in groups to Kashi in special coaches attached to trains that depart from Chennai, Coimbatore and Rameswaram on 12 different dates. Each group shall spend 8 days in total from start to return. As a part of this tour, they will attend academic sessions, visit places in and around Kashi, and Ayodhya including the Ganga cruise. All guests are entitled to free travel and free accommodation at Kashi and Ayodhya.
Interested people are encouraged to register through the https://kashitamil.iitm.ac.in/ website at the earliest. More details are available on the website.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Bihar Governor Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar inaugurates L20 meet in Patna
The Governor of Bihar Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar inaugurated the thematic event of the engagement group of L20 held at Gyan Bhawan in Patna today.
Welcoming the local and foreign delegates Shri Arlekar and said that he was proud to see everyone on the soil of Bihar today. He said representatives of 28 countries of the world are present here and they represent 75 percent of the population. The Governor said that Bihar's thousands of years old history is glorious. He said this is the land of knowledge, thousands of years ago people from every corner of the world used to come to acquire knowledge in the Nalanda University located here, Vaishali is the birthplace of democracy. The Governor said that today the need is to give importance to human values. If we are filled with human values, not only the labour world, but the entire social, economic and political life will be strengthened, he added.
Shri Hiranmay Pandaya ,Chair of the L20 meet, also while welcoming the delegations said that this is not only a proud occasion for Bihar but also for the rest of country and representatives of Labour department. He said that L20 will not only represent the voice of G 20 nations but also represent the voice of those nations whose representative are not present.
Addressing the technical session of the conference, Mrs Aarti Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Labor and Employment discussed various measures taken by the government for social security in the country. Universal Social Security and its related draft were discussed during the technical session.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MCA amended Companies  Amendment Rules due to implementation of GST, other procedural changes and consequent revision of connected forms i.e. CRA-1 and CRA-3
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs  vide Notification No. G.S.R. 792  dated 15.10.2019 has amended the Companies  Rules, 2014 through Companies  Amendment Rules, 2019 due to implementation of GST, other procedural changes and consequent revision of connected forms i.e. CRA-1  and CRA-3 . The said notification is placed on the MCA’s website www.mca.gov.in and is in public domain.
This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
The companies who have already filed their Cost Audit Report in form CRA-4 for the financial year 2018-19 with the Central Government before the publication of Notification No. G.S.R. 792  dated 15.10.2019 are not required to file their Cost Audit Report again for the said financial year as provided in clause 1 of the aforesaid notification.
The text of the clause 1 is reproduced below:
“The companies who have already filed their Cost Audit Report in form CRA-4 for the financial year 2018-19 with the Central Government before the publication of this notification are not required to file their Cost Audit Report for the said financial year.”.
The effective date of notification is 15.10.2019.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Who Guidelines on COVID Tests
The World Health Organization  has recommended 0.14 samples per day per 1000 or 140 tests per day per million population. As on 19th September, 2020 India is conducting COVID -19 tests at a rate of 875 tests/million population per day. This is more than 6 times the WHO recommendations. For Tamil Nadu this stands at 1145 tests per million population per day.
Indian Council of Medical Research in its advisory  has allowed for ‘on-demand’ testing. This has been done with the intent to make COVID-19 testing available and easily accessible to all.
To build the capacities of human resources including the medical manpower who help managing patients in hospitals; as well as non-medical personnel and field workers involved in surveillance, logistics etc., modules have been made available on iGOT - Diksha  by DOPT . The training modules have been translated to regional languages. Close to 29.24 lakh registrations has taken place for various courses. This includes 5,699 doctors, 86,089 Ayush Professionals, 4,102 Nurses, 963 Allied Health Professionals, 5,881 frontline workers, 2,70,835 volunteers and 25,77,522 other participants. About 18.96 lakh course completions have taken place on iGOT – Diksha platform. Training Resources for medical and non-medical personnel have also been made available on the website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
The Minister of State , Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
Special Service and Features
DLC Service available to Pensioners in Chennai City North Division Post Offices
Department of Posts providing Biometric based Jeevan Pramaan  generation services for pensioners through IPPB.
The assisted DLC services can be availed by pensioners of Central, State and Emloyees’ Provident Fund Organization based on Aadhaar enabled biometric authentication. The service would increase convenience for the pensioners and also reduce the turnaround time of issuance of Jeevan Pramaan Certificate.
This service has been enabled across the network of post offices through IPPB, at the doorstep of the pensioners through the Postmen/ Gramin Dak Sevaks at a nominal fee. This doorstep service will help more susceptible elderly citizens to avoid travelling and visit banks/ offices to submit DLCs in the current COVID pandemic.
The DLC service is available in all Delivery Post Offices under Chennai City North Division. A customer can contact nearest post officer or place a request for a doorstep visit by the Postman/ Gramin Dak Sevak. Department of Posts have also enabled scheduling of doorstep request through the post info app or through the website http://ccc.cept.gov.in/covid/request.aspx
Issuance of DLC is a completely paperless, seamless and hassle free process and the certificate is generated instantly. On successful completion, a Pramaan ID is generated that is shared with pensioner by NIC directly. Once the Pramaan ID is generated, pensioners may download the DLC through the link http://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/ppouser/login, according to a press release issued by N.Prakash, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Chennai City North Division, Chennai 600 008.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘6.69% GS 2024’,  ‘7.10% GS 2029’,  ‘6.54% GS 2032’  ‘6.95% GS 2061
The Government of India  has announced the sale  of  “6.69% Government Security 2024” for a notified amount of ₹4,000 Crore  through price based auction using uniform price method,  “7.10% Government Security 2029” for a notified amount of ₹7,000 Crore  through price based auction using uniform price method,  “6.54% Government Security 2032” for a notified amount of ₹13,000 Crore  through price based auction using uniform price method and  “6.95% Government Security 2061” for a notified amount of ₹9,000 Crore  through price based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to `2,000 Crore against each security mentioned above. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on July 22, 2022 .
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on July 22, 2022. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 am.
The result of the auctions will be announced on July 22, 2022  and payment by successful bidders will be on July 25, 2022 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Defence
NAVAL INVESTITURE CEREMONY- 2021
AT NEW DELHI
Naval Investiture Ceremony to felicitate naval personnel who have demonstrated gallant acts, leadership, professional achievements and distinguished service of high order was conducted at Varunika Auditorium, INS India, New Delhi on 03 Feb 22. Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, on behalf of the President of India, conferred the Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards announced on Independence Day - 21 and Republic Day - 21 to the recipients.
A total of 14 medals which included two Nao Sena Medal , five Nao Sena Medal , Five Vishisht Seva Medal , One Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and One Jeevan Raksha Padak  were awarded.
The event is traditionally conducted as a ceremonial parade centrally for all awardees of the Indian Navy. However, in view of the prevailing pandemic, the Naval Investiture Ceremony is being conducted locally by each Command of the Navy. The award ceremony was witnessed by a limited number of senior dignitaries of the Indian Navy, spouses and families of the awardees.
Prime Minister's Office
English rendering of the Prime Minister's Statement at the White House Arrival Ceremony
President Biden,
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden,
Distinguished guests,
Energetic and enthusiastic Indian-American friends,
Greetings to all of you!
At the outset, I express my heartfelt gratitude to President Biden for his gracious welcome and insightful speech.
Thank you, President Biden, for your friendship.
Friends,
Today's grand welcome ceremony at the White House is a kind of honour for the 1.4 billion people of India. It is an honour for the 1.4 billion countrymen. This honour is also for the over 4 million people of Indian origin living in America. I express my heartfelt gratitude to President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden for this honour.
Friends,
I embarked on a journey to America as an ordinary citizen nearly three decades ago and at that time, I only saw the White House from the outside. I have had the privilege of visiting here several times myself after becoming the Prime Minister. However, today marks the first time that the doors of the White House have been opened for the Indian-American community in such a large number. The people of the Indian community in America are enhancing the glory of India with their talent, hard work and dedication. All of you are the real strength of our relationship.
I extend my heartfelt congratulations to President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden for the honour bestowed upon you today. My gratitude towards them is immeasurable, and I cannot thank them enough.
Friends,
The societies and systems of both India and America are based on democratic principles. The constitutions of both nations, with their first three words, and as President Biden just mentioned, "We The People," signify the pride we have in our diversity in both countries.
We believe in the basic principle of "सर्वजन हिताय सर्वजन सुखाय” . In the post-COVID era, the world order is taking a new form. In this period, the friendship between India and America will be instrumental in enhancing the capabilities of the entire world. Both countries are committed to working together for the global good, for global peace, stability, and prosperity. Our strong strategic partnership is a clear testament of the power of democracy.
Friends,
In a short while, President Biden and I will engage in extensive discussions on India-US relations, as well as regional and global issues. I am confident that our dialogue as always will be highly constructive and fruitful. I will have the opportunity to address the U.S. Congress once again in the afternoon. I am grateful to you for this honour.
I, along with the 1.4 billion people of India, wish that the Indian Tricolour and the American "Stars and Stripes" always reach new heights.
President Biden, Dr. Jill Biden,
Once again, I express my gratitude on behalf of the 1.4 billion Indians for your affectionate invitation, warm welcome, and gracious hospitality.
Jai Hind!
God Bless America.
Thanks a lot!